Digital Tokens: A Legal Perspective

ByJosé M. Garrido

July 28, 2023

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Summary

Tokens are units digitally represented in a distributed ledger or blockchain. The various uses of this technology have the potential to transform a wide array of economic activities, from traditional commercial transactions to sophisticated financial undertakings. This paper explores the similarities and differences of tokens with traditional legal instruments in commercial law and how tokens could offer superior solutions, provided that proper legal foundations are established for their operation, including aspects of the law of securities and consumer protection law.

Subject: Blockchain and DLT, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Securities, Securities regulation, Smart contracts, Technology, Virtual currencies

Keywords: aspects of the law of securities, Blockchain and DLT, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, del Mercado de Valores, digital signature, Fintech, Global, non-fungible token, Securities, Securities Law, Securities regulation, Smart contracts, token offering, token taxonomy, Tokens, Virtual currencies

Pages:
67
Volume:
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400250149.001
Issue:
151
Series:
Working Paper No. 2023/151
Stock No:
WPIEA2023151
ISBN:
9798400250149
ISSN:
1018-5941

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